Doomsday Paradise: The Fairy and the Dragon
Project Overview
Introduction - The Game
Doomsday Paradise is a competitive multiplayer visual novel / RPG about partying during the apocalypse. Gameplay wise, it's half relaxed visual novel and half deckbuilding roleplaying game- with lots of flexibility to let you play how you like. You can check it out on Steam here. Here is the most recent trailer.
The game itself is goofy and has a light hearted, relaxed atmosphere. The game is currently in its closed beta- and there's a couple characters who are looking for voices in the next few weeks while their art gets finished. I'll post their rough concepts for the time being, since their final art is probably 1-2 months out. You can check the Steam Page, trailer, or website for a better feel for how the game looks / feels in practice but of course that's not required to audition.
You can find a full playthrough of the game here. Alternatively, I recommend this brief compilation of A Girl and a Game's stream.
Scope of Each Role
The game isn't fully voiced, instead characters have accent lines spoken during certain scenarios (when happy, introduced, angry, etc.,) to help add some flavor to the dialogue. These characters have 14 lines. The lines will repeat regularly, but it's a far cry from full voice acting. Please keep in mind that the roles are relatively small.
Auditioning
Since the line count is so low- please feel free to audition for multiple roles at once and drop a note if that's required to get to a desired minimum compensation level.
Requirements
* Up to 3 takes for each line.
* Please do not slate your audition.
* Please submit auditions as .mp3 files.
* Please include your email address and/or Discord username, if you have one, with your audition.
* Please record in a quiet space free of background noise! I'll be using the takes to figure out how the final production will sound after all!
Getting Cast
Once you've been cast, if you agree to the role, you'll receive a quick contract establishing my rights to use the voice lines commercially, and solidifying payment terms and conditions. Upon signing the contract, you will officially receive the part.
Payment
Payment will be sent via PayPal after your lines have been recorded. Roles are priced at $5/line, which comes out to $70/character.
Further Voice Work
Not all of the game's voice work is a part of this casting call. You can follow here, via my Twitter, or hang around the Doomsday Paradise Discord channel if you want to be aware of any future casting calls for the project.
TIPS
- I have a document from the first round of auditions last year with my advice / takeaways. You can find it here.
- The most common mistakes are poor mic quality, overacting, and submitting a take that's way off the game's tone.
- These lines will play many times a game- I'll be asking questions such as "will this line get annoying after the fifth listen? Tenth? Hundredth?"
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Voice: While male, Dragon is very androgynous. Any male voice, harder female voices, or more explicitly androgynous voices are all welcome to apply.
Bio: Dragon is the son of Cleo, the Legendary Fighter as well as the Dragon Queen. He takes after the Dragon Queen and is generally frail, delicate, beautiful, and soft. A series of characteristics he very much hates about himself. He seeks to be a legendary warrior like his other mother, Cleo, and is deeply insecure about his fragility. He has a lot to prove, and tends to be a bit guarded, rough, and jaded as a result. He's very eager to impress, and will take up any challenge to prove his worth as a warrior.
Tips: Dragon has a rampant inferiority complex and takes himself very seriously as a result- but is vulnerable and soft deep down. I'll be looking for actors who can be guarded but also authentically let their guard "slip" a little for a line or two.
[Defeated, depressed, and whiny- you've messed up again] Not again...
[Vulnerable, surprised, and flustered. Someone just flirted with you and you don't know what they see in you.] Really?
[Hyped up, eager to prove, a little angry] I'm not messing around!
Voice: Fairy is very much not androgynous. I'd recommend a very low pitched, gravelly male voice here, but I'm sure other pitches and tones would work well too.
Bio: Fairy is an enforcer for the local mob. Big, strong, and ethically clueless- Fairy mostly does whatever his boss Tessa, the town merchant, tells him to do. With that said- he's also a gigantic softy. He loves nature, tea parties, and animals like any respecting fairy would. He spends the money from his illicit activities on park restoration and wildlife conservation. It's mostly just people that he doesn't care about.
Tips: Fairy is outwardly intimidating and thuggish. While he seems a little stupid and coarse, he's quite intelligent- and caring. However, I do want to reiterate- he's not kind. Not to people, who he doesn't care for much at all. He radiates a "too old for this" aura, and isn't terribly patient. He's very straightforward and honest- what you see is what you get, so he should come across as very matter of fact and generally low/mid energy.
Mike Ehrmantraut is a good reference, although you could also take him in a much more stereotypically "gangster" direction as well.
[Pleased with someone, happy but not super energetic] Way to go!
[Straightforward, you've received a mission- time to get things done] On it, boss
[Confident, a warning but not a terribly passionate one] Step Carefully
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